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I'm kissing my tax return goodbye to pay off some of our bills. Its not like they were over due... they weren't due at all yet, but paying them with the mass amount of money I got from the government just makes me feel good.
...and bad. Filing jointly gave us QUITE a bit of moo-lah, we could have gotten a GINORMO flat screen with some cash to spare. Instead, we took the responsible route and are keeping ourselves from getting fun things.
Then again, my car insurance needed to be paid. Alan's car insurance needed to be paid. Alan's ER bill from the night before our wedding needed to be paid. Unfortunately, paying the school a chunk of the money that they didn't get last year needed to happen (GOD I wish I could get some financial aid or Mom or something to help chop that bitch down!).
We didn't pay the phone bill yet. That's on a schedule, so I don't have to worry about it yet. I dog-eared about $200 for things like food, laundry, and the aforementioned up-coming phone bill.
I ARE SO PLEASED. I know its strange... but there have been several times this year where Alan and I have had the extra cash and NOT used it, then it turned out we needed it (Hospitals, Deaths, Necessary Car-Trips, etc). We've had cash influxes from the wedding, Grandpa's savings bond, Gamma's savings for our wedding before she passed, and its all been needed for one thing or another (Staying in Hotels while people die, paying off VERY high hospital bills, Christmas....)
....and for ONCE we got a large chunk of money that we are using to prep for the up-coming bit of et cetera that will inevitably happen to us (because it -always- does). I just LOVE not having to worry. And the prospect of having a savings again? WOW.
I like it. I wish we had a big flat screen TV, but the prospect of being monetarily sane from now on thrills the ever-living fuck out of me. I like being sane. I know, its surprising, but I do enjoy sanity from time to time. :)
Rocky Horror Tonight!
...and bad. Filing jointly gave us QUITE a bit of moo-lah, we could have gotten a GINORMO flat screen with some cash to spare. Instead, we took the responsible route and are keeping ourselves from getting fun things.
Then again, my car insurance needed to be paid. Alan's car insurance needed to be paid. Alan's ER bill from the night before our wedding needed to be paid. Unfortunately, paying the school a chunk of the money that they didn't get last year needed to happen (GOD I wish I could get some financial aid or Mom or something to help chop that bitch down!).
We didn't pay the phone bill yet. That's on a schedule, so I don't have to worry about it yet. I dog-eared about $200 for things like food, laundry, and the aforementioned up-coming phone bill.
I ARE SO PLEASED. I know its strange... but there have been several times this year where Alan and I have had the extra cash and NOT used it, then it turned out we needed it (Hospitals, Deaths, Necessary Car-Trips, etc). We've had cash influxes from the wedding, Grandpa's savings bond, Gamma's savings for our wedding before she passed, and its all been needed for one thing or another (Staying in Hotels while people die, paying off VERY high hospital bills, Christmas....)
....and for ONCE we got a large chunk of money that we are using to prep for the up-coming bit of et cetera that will inevitably happen to us (because it -always- does). I just LOVE not having to worry. And the prospect of having a savings again? WOW.
I like it. I wish we had a big flat screen TV, but the prospect of being monetarily sane from now on thrills the ever-living fuck out of me. I like being sane. I know, its surprising, but I do enjoy sanity from time to time. :)
Rocky Horror Tonight!